Section 7

Section 7. It shall not be lawful for any person to erect or continue any privy, unless the same shall be furnished with a substantial vault at least six feet deep, constructed of hard, burned brick, laid in cement, with bottom and sides cemented, so as to prevent the contents escaping therefrom, be located at least two feet from the line of the adjoining property, and secured and enclosed; and in case of violation hereof the person or persons so offending shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed in section eleven of this act, and which may be enforced for every week the same shall be so continued. If any person shall suffer or permit any cellar, vault, privy, water closet, drain pipe, pool, sewer, sink, or any plumbing whatever, in or upon any premises belonging to or occupied by him or her, to become foul or offensive, he or she shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed in section eleven of this act, and to like penalties for every day the same shall continue after notice to remove, abate or correct the same. The owner or agent of every building in said cities shall furnish the same with proper and sufficient drainage, under ground, to carry off waste water or other sewage, and also with suitable privies or water closets, sufficient for the accommodation of all persons residing or employed therein, and in case of neglect or refusal so to do said owner or agent shall be subject to all the penalties prescribed in section eleven of this act, and to like penalties for every day the said neglect or refusal shall continue after the first conviction. (Amended, 1899, Act No. 113, P. L. 164, Section 4)